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| Corridor Ecology: The Science and Practice of Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation | 
| Authors: Jodi Hilty, William Z. Lidicker Jr., Adina Merenlender
Creator: Andrew P. Dobson
Publisher: Island Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $118.04
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2135766
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 1559630477
Dewey Decimal Number: 577.27
EAN: 9781559630474
ASIN: 1559630477
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Product Description
Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with an overarching goal of conserving biodiversity. It offers an objective, carefully interpreted review of the issues and is a one-of-a-kind resource for scientists, landscape architects, planners, land managers, decision-makers, and all those working to protect and restore landscapes and species diversity.
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Corridor Ecology July 15, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I highly recommend Corridor Ecology for anyone who is interested in corridors, land fragmentation, and species conservation. It is the most comprehensive literature I have come across in terms of the role of corridors, corridor design and implementation. As a current graduate student working on a corridor project, this book has been incredibly helpful in planning my field work in ground truthing Least-Cost path corridors. Especially the chapter, Corridor Quality: Continuity, Composition, and Dimension. It has really helped me understand better how to evaluate potential corridors. My advisor has been so impressed with the book that she is going to order some for the library and a biodiversity center that is being set up at campus. I also feel that this would be an excellent text for conservation courses as it covers issues such as metapopulation theory, edge effects and focal species considerations. The book also covers issues and potential problems that need to be dealt with when designing a corridor, which is very valuable. I also think this would be a excellent source for land management agencies and the Department of Transportation to utilize. The authors do an excellent job in bringing together all aspect of corridor ecology by utilizing the most current literature, valuable study cases along with their incredible field and research experience.
Tanya Diamond
M.S. Candidate
San Jose State University
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